Columbus had good results for the nine months ended September 30. But once again that was no thanks to operations in the United States, the story for the company's year.

Oracle has been granted a permanent injunction against Rimini Street, which provides support for enterprise software. The Federal District Court in Nevada rejected Rimini’s effort to delay the injunction which prohibits Rimini and its Seth Ravin from continuing what a 2015 copy infringement trial found was unlawful infringement.

Xero added 380,000 subscribers in the last year reaching slightly less than 1.6 million for the half year ended September 30. The New Zealand-based company issued the statistics as it reported revenue for the most recently ended period was up 36 percent, but its loss rose by 46 percent over last year’s corresponding period.